News

House prices hit record high as market defies slowdown

UK house prices rose at their fastest pace since January with the average property...

SortRefer posts record-breaking month for completions and revenue

SortRefer recorded its strongest-ever month for completions and revenue in October. The Derby-based conveyancing and...

Catalyst reinforces underwriting operations with key promotions

Catalyst Property Finance has strengthened its underwriting function through a strategic restructure and a...

HTB backs £4m refinance for London landlord

Hampshire Trust Bank has completed a £4m semi-commercial refinance for an experienced landlord in...

MPC narrowly votes to hold rates at 4% as calls for a cut grow louder

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has come within a whisker of...

UTB backs £16.5m Surrey developments by Rushmon Homes

United Trust Bank (UTB) is providing £10.7m in acquisition and development finance to support...

Octopus Capital funds two new care homes

Octopus Capital has completed a £30 million forward funding agreement with Synergy Care Developments...

Hanley Economic names new chair as Nick Jordan steps down

Hanley Economic Building Society has confirmed that Ian Henley will become its new chair...

Family Building Society cuts rates and simplifies buy-to-let range

Family Building Society has announced rate reductions across its owner-occupier and buy-to-let mortgage products,...

LendInvest strengthens Scottish presence with new BDM appointment

LendInvest Mortgages has appointed Abbie McCluskey as business development manager for Scotland, as the...

Allica Bank cuts rates on healthcare sector loans

Allica Bank has announced rate cuts of up to 0.75% on commercial mortgages for...

OSB Group stays on course with steady growth and strong capital position

OSB Group has reported steady progress in the first nine months of 2025, with...

Land Registry outlines long-term plan to modernise property market

HM Land Registry has set out its ambitions to deliver faster and more efficient...

The Mortgage Works trims rates across new and switcher ranges

The Mortgage Works (TMW) is cutting selected buy-to-let mortgage rates for both new and...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

PROFILES